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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the fight with these men outside the store Kody wants to rob quickly turn violent?
(a) Lil' Hunchy pulls out a gun.
(b) One of the men pulls out a gun.
(c) Kody's gang sees what is happening and joins in the fight.
(d) Kody pulls out a gun.

2. What does Twinky's mother ask Kody to do after her son is killed?
(a) She does not ask Kody to do anything.
(b) Help her younger sons stay out of trouble.
(c) End the gang violence.
(d) Seek revenge for his death.

3. Why is Kody taking the bus home after being released from jail at the start of "The Juvenile Tank?"
(a) No one comes to pick him up.
(b) He wants to be alone.
(c) He loses his driver's license.
(d) He fears the police will try to rearrest him.

4. Who are the Tray Eights' rival gang?
(a) Mexican Mafia.
(b) Latin Kings.
(c) Crips.
(d) Rollin' Sixties.

5. How is Kody able to escape this shooting unharmed when he is walking home from a friend's house?
(a) Kody sees a friend who is able to hide him.
(b) It is dark and they can not see him well enough to shoot.
(c) He uses a gun in a garbage can and is able to shoot first.
(d) The rival gang members hesitate when identifying him and Kody hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an injury Kody sustained after the fight withe men outside the store?

2. How long is Kody's sentence at the Youth Facility?

3. What does Kody do after he climbs out his window of his mother's house?

4. In "The Juvenile Tank," how does the murder trial end for Kody?

5. Who is Kody eating breakfast with as rival gang members drive by his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter "Boys to Men", do Kody demonstrate any remorse his violent actions?

2. What actions from this chapter illustrate Kody's violence?

3. Describe Kody's initiation into the gang.

4. After a fight outside of Western Surplus, Kody is shot. How do you think this will affect his gang activities?

5. Why do Kody and Crazy De create a plan to section off the gang?

6. Describe Kody's relationship with Tamu.

7. According to Kody, what effect does the media have on gang activities?

8. Describe Kody's relationship with his mother in the chapter "Boys to Men."

9. Why is it foolish for Kody to be alone at night, unarmed?

10. In the chapter, "The Juvenile Tank," Kody is reflective about prison gangs. According to Kody, how does prison strengthen the gang?

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